Tapasya (1976 film)

Tapasya
Tapasya
	File:Tapasya poster.jpg
Directed by	Anil Ganguly
Produced by	Tarachand Barjatya; Rajshree Productions
Written by	M. G. Hashmat (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Anil Ganguly
Story by	Ashapurna Devi
Starring	Parikshat Sahni; Raakhee; Asrani; A. K. Hangal; Nazir Hussain
Music by	Ravindra Jain
Cinematography	Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Edited by	Mukhtar Ahmed
Distributed by	Rajshri Pictures
Release date	1976;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Tapasya (Hindi: तपस्या, English: Penance) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshree Productions. The film is directed by Anil Ganguly, based on story by veteran Bengali novelist Ashapurna Devi. The film stars Raakhee, Parikshat Sahni, Lalita Pawar, Nazir Hussain, A. K. Hangal, and Asrani. The film's music is by Ravindra Jain. It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for the year. It was remade in Telugu as Sandhya in 1980 starring Sujatha in the title role.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Shubhari Devi as Shubham Kaushik
Raakhee as Indrani Sinha
Parikshit Sahni as Dr. Sagar Varma
Asrani as Vinod Sinha
A. K. Hangal as Chandranath Sinha
Gayatri as Chanda Sinha
Nazir Hussain as Professor Sinha
Manju Bhatia as Pinky
Om Shivpuri as Pinky's father
Sunder as Chacha
Lalita Kumari as Chachi
Birbal as Chacha's son
Viju Khote as Gopi
Lalita Pawar as Mrs. Varma
Manju Asrani
Urmila Bhatt
C. S. Dubey

Music[edit]

All lyrics are written by M. G. Hashmat; all music is composed by Ravindra Jain.

Songs
No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Bachcho Tum Ho Khel Khilone"	Aarti Mukherjee	3:58
2.	"Bhabhi Ki Unglee Mein"	Hemlata, Chandrani Mukherjee	5:01
3.	"Do Panchhi Do Tinke"	Kishore Kumar, Aarti Mukherjee	3:44
4.	"Jo Raah Chuni Tune"	Kishore Kumar	6:13

Awards[edit]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1975	Anil Ganguly	National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Won^[2]
1977	Raakhee	Filmfare Best Actress Award	Won

References[edit]

↑ [1] ^{[dead link]}
↑ "23rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

External links[edit]

Tapasya on IMDb

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[23rdawardPDF-2] "23rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

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